Top 4 Trends Causing Public Works Operations to Struggle
1. Public Works Leads are Continuously Asked to do More with Less In municipal management the "do more with less" trend has been in place for years, but the pandemic significantly escalated it. Many Public Works 0perations are short-staffed, and the challenges of hiring and retaining new staff is formidable. As a result, many operations are having to increase pay rates, for starting workers and long-term staff, furthering cuts into operating budgets. At the same [...]